Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Thank You - Aquamarkers


I have done it.....had a play with my new Aquamarkers.  They are great fun and I love the colours and how vibrant they are.  After starting this I thought that a rose is not the best image for me to try something new.  I always have a problem figuring out the shading on roses.  This image was given to me  a while ago...it is gold embossed onto Blender Paper.  I found the Aquamarkers worked very well on this paper.  I do have a lot of practising to do as I am so used to using my pencils.  I did like the fact that I could let the image dry and then come back later in the day and think that needs a little more colour or blending there and out came the blending pen and everything was wet and moving around again.


Here are the wonderful Aquamarkers that I received from Letraset....the three colours on the box are what I have used to colour the above rose.


This bag is the reason for the above Thank you card.  I volunteer at the local museum and the lady that I share the time with is 79 and a wonderful seamstress, cook, artist, person.  One day she arrived and had a cute little handbag with her.  It was a denim material with gold flourishes on it.  The strap was made from braided gold coloured thin cord.  I was asking her all about it and she had told me she had made it herself.  I told her how lovely it was.


This lady had been working on a denim skirt for herself at that stage.  Three days after our shift together I get a phone call asking if she could drop off a bag for me.  Yes, she had gone home a put all her scraps together and made this bag for me. :-) How lucky am I.

Speaking of lucky....not only Aquamarkers and bags but I am the lucky winner of Ruth's 5 Digital Images.  Yes, I have the challenge now of choosing 5 of her images over at Passion for Stamps.  

Hope your Wednesday is as good as mine.
Sunshine here as well....what more could I ask for.

11 comments:

  1. wow your having a great time!! wooho! so well deserved!

    I had heard of promarkers, but never knew much about them, this card looks great, can't wait to see what you do in the future!!!

    OH and great bag!!!

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  2. Your card is beautiful and you are a lucky girl. The purse is fantastic. She really is a excellent seamstress.
    I just bought some Copic markers and love them. I was wondering if they are similar to yours. The Copics are alcohol and permanent. I love them as I can use them on my silk ribbons. They can be blended too.

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  3. Sharon, the pens I have are Aqua- Promarkers and are water based.

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  4. o wow, that card is gorgeous,
    lovely bag, and congrats on winning the images, hope your luck continues,
    do love that card,
    Hugs
    Angie

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  5. GORGEOUS Merry,what a beautiful rose and coloured beautifully!!! Have fun with your markers!!
    xx

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  6. Gorgeous creation and I love how you have coloured the rose. Not used Aquamarkers but gonna stick with my copics for now (loving them) and hubby could have a fit if I find another colouring marker lol! Beautiful bag and good luck with picking your images, take careX:)

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  7. Great coloring!! Oh I would so love to try those markers!! I think you did a fab job on that rose! And how lucky to receive the markers, such a lovely denim bag and 5 digi images of your choice! You are on a roll!! Keep up the good luck!
    -Stacie

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  8. This is stunning! I just love that patterned paper!
    Thanks for sharing!

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  9. Your card is beautiful & your colouring is perfect:) x

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  10. This card is adorable. Love the bag too.

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  11. The card is beautiful..just like the town you live in. I know you from your other blog and didn't know you had this one. Just put 2 and 2 together. LOL
    Cheers

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